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(Preview) All About AI Companions: Personalization Upsides, Dystopian Downsides, AI Therapy, Advertising Tension, and Lots More

2025/4/28
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Ben: 我认为，高信任度的AI工具与广告模式存在根本冲突。广告会影响AI的客观性，让用户质疑AI是否真正以用户的最佳利益为出发点。虽然广告模式是实现大规模用户群的关键，但它可能损害用户信任，这与建立情感联系的目标相悖。苹果公司就是一个例子，他们通过不追求最佳产品，以及提供用户可能不想要的功能来削弱其自身对广告的依赖，从而维护用户信任。 Andrew: 我认为，只有当AI与用户建立了强烈的情感联系时，广告才会被视为一种背叛。对于大多数成年用户来说，只要广告明确标注，他们是可以接受的。早期谷歌的经验表明，人们对广告的容忍度会随着时间的推移而变化，最初人们能够区分广告和内容，但随着时间的推移，这种区分变得模糊。 David: 高信任度的AI工具与广告模式存在冲突。广告可能会针对用户的个人问题，例如在用户寻求婚姻建议后推送离婚律师广告，这会让用户感到反感。更重要的是，广告激励机制可能会导致AI为了经济利益而牺牲用户的最佳利益，从而降低用户信任度。即使是少量此类事件，也会严重影响用户信任。

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After last week's conversation about AI for companionship, Ben and Andrew answer emails about the future of personalized LLM answers, speculative costs and benefits, the tension between building trust and building a product with 3 billion customers, and much more.

To email the show: [email protected])

@SharpTechPodcast Channel — YouTube)

@Stratechery Channel — YouTube)

ChatGPT Memory, Boundaries and AI Companions, Auren — Stratechery Update)

Tech’s Two Philosophies — Stratechery)

How People Are Really Using Gen AI in 2025 — Harvard Business Review)

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